Right now, if you want to be a nurse and work in both Kentucky and Indiana, you need two licenses. A bill working its way through the Indiana legislature would change that, allowing the Hoosier state to join the interstate nurse licensure compact.
A year and a half ago, Elise Wilson nearly lost her life to a patient at Harrington Hospital. After 35 years on the job as a nurse, she was stabbed and slashed within an inch of her life in the summer of 2017. Wilson still doesn't have use of her hand and hasn't been able to return to the emergency room.
A bill in the state Legislature would enable New Jersey to recognize out-of-state nurses’ licenses, a move which business advocates say would help satisfy a rising need for nursing staff. Under Assembly Bill 1597, New Jersey would enter the Nurse Licensure Compact, consisting of 31 states, where a nurse need only to acquire a license in one of those states to work in any other of the member states.
A new report from the Center for Disease Control finds Americans aren't making enough babies to replace the population, however one West Virginia nurse practitioner claims West Virginias have not hit a fertility wall. The latest report from the CDC shows that the U.S. birth rate is the lowest it's been in 30 years.
Less than four months after University of Vermont Medical Center settled a contentious contract dispute with unionized nurses, another labor struggle may be in the works. The hospital’s technical professionals, who work under a contract that expires March 1, are raising staffing, salary and safety concerns after two negotiating sessions with administrators.
Walking the halls of St. Francis Hospital, it’s not unusual to hear a variety of accents — Jamaican, African, Filipino. Facing a national shortage of nurses, Dr. Audrey Gregory, market CEO of St. Francis hospitals, took thinking outside the box to the next level — thinking outside the country.